offhandedly
Example Sentences
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“Sometimes, I’ll say something offhandedly, only to see it turn into a headline or start a conversation on TikTok.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
Most people, I think, still have a positive association with the name, and Tupperware’s problem is that the company doesn’t actually get paid when someone offhandedly refers to their Rubbermaid or OXO container as “Tupperware.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2024
Tami Enright, the Bee Cause Project's current Director and I were offhandedly talking about how cool it would be to put beehives in 1000 schools.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2023
Even decades later, Hodes, now a historian at New York University, brought it up only with close friends, and then only offhandedly.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Vic’s memory of her is absolutely correct—she sees him so precisely, so wonderfully, so offhandedly.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
